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Ten 2.5-inch hot-swap drive model

Use this section to understand how to route cables for the ten 2.5-inch hot-swap drive model.

Ten 2.5-inch hot-swap drive model with hardware RAID​

If you are implementing RAID through hardware, route the SAS cables and power cables as shown in the following illustration.

Table 1. Signal cables for RAID x30 / x40 adapter routing
For RAID x30 adapter:For RAID x40 adapter:

1 mini SAS HD cable, 450 mm

1 slimSAS HD to mini SAS cable, 450 mm

2 slimSAS to mini SAS cable, 450/500 mm

Figure 1. Ten 2.5-inch hot-swap drive model with hardware RAID
Ten 2.5-inch hot-swap drive model with hardware RAID
Table 2. Ten 2.5-inch hot-swap drive model with hardware RAID
1 Backplane power connector2 RAID connectors

  • Connect to RAID x30 adapter: C0, C1, C2

  • Connect to RAID x40 adapter: C0, C1

Ten 2.5-inch hot-swap drive model (two NVMe drives supported)​

Figure 2. Ten 2.5-inch hot-swap drive model (two NVMe drives supported)
Ten 2.5-inch hot-swap drive model (two NVMe drives supported)
Table 3. Ten 2.5-inch hot-swap drive model (two NVMe drives supported)
1 Backplane power connector2 RAID adapter connector(s)

  • Connect to RAID x30 adapter: C0, C1

  • Connect to RAID x40 adapter: C0

3 NVMe switch card connectors: C0, C1